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Monday, June 9, 2014

Review for The Necromancer's House

Blurb:Andrew Ranulf
Blankenship is a handsome, stylish nonconformist with wry wit, a classic
Mustang, and a massive library. He is also a recovering alcoholic and a
practicing warlock, able to speak with the dead through film. His house
is a maze of sorcerous booby traps and escape tunnels, as yours might
be if you were sitting on a treasury of Russian magic stolen from the
Soviet Union thirty years ago. Andrew has long known that magic was a
brutal game requiring blood sacrifice and a willingness to confront
death, but his many years of peace and comfort have left him soft, more
concerned with maintaining false youth than with seeing to his own
defense. Now a monster straight from the pages of Russian folklore is
coming for him, and frost and death are coming with her.

My review:Andrew Blankenship is a recovering alcoholic and a practicing warlock.

Reading
that hook alone prompted me to pick up this book without having heard
anything about it. Christopher Buehlman didn't disappoint me.

This
urban fantasy horror isn't an easy read. It's not fast-paced or what
you might expect. It's thick, and I don't mean in the actual length.
Incredibly written with beautiful and, at times, gruesome detail. It's
unique in style and content.

The plot has many dark twists and
turns, and the world building is phenomenal. The monsters, the spells,
the enchanted items, the house itself! Magic isn't free in this world.
It has a price. I don't want to give anything away. You must read it for
those things alone. Yet it is the characterization that is phenomenal.
Characters so far from the mainstream, so gritty and real. I was wrapped
up in Andrew, Anneke, and Nadia. Even Sal enchanted me, and my chest
tightened when I learned his story.

Highly recommended. I'll definitely be picking up Buehlman's other books.

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About Me

I'm a writer, blogger, and geek mom. I write paranormal romance and urban fantasy. I love a dark and gritty story. I have four degrees which don't help at all with motherhood, but make me a great Jeopardy player. Member of S.C.I.F.I. and Untethered Realms.